THANK YOU!

It has been a long time since I have written. Things have been more busy than usual lately, so I haven´t quite had time...but here is a quick update.

The biggest news that we have is not good news. We have lost all of our funding for the orphanage. Our donors (also board members) have told us that they are on the brink of losing their businesses and that they have decided to stop funding. They have also decided to seperate themselves from us completely, which means that we are no longer associated with the board members in any way. When we found out we had lost our funding, we had to let the government know, and they gave us a deadline of June 28th (ONE WEEK after the board had told us they were no longer donating) to fund enough money for the month of July. If we were unable to find funds to cover the month of July by that date, they were going to close the orphanage. Of course, we sent out an emergency email to all of our contacts telling everyone what had happened, and that we were in need of help finding donations for next month. We received an overwhelming amount of help and support, and thankfully we were able to pull together enough donations for the month of July. This will give me enough time to fly home and start looking for more stable donors for future months. THANK YOU so much to everyone who helped us!!

The kids are all doing great. We have had three volunteers here for the last two months- one of which is my cousin Becky- and the kids all love them. It has been great to have them here.

Our oldest girl, Alejandra, who is 15, was able to go home to her aunt and uncle this week. She is happy with them. Also, ony of my babies, José, will be going home to his mom in August, and a family of 4 children (Jimmy, Tania, Mangy, and Oscar), will be reunited with their grandmother in August as well.

Other than the recent news with the board, things are going well. Thanks again to everybody who has helped us through this situation. Without you we wouldn´t have been able to keep our doors open.